Barrel-making machine



(No Model.) G. W. PAGKER.

" BARREL MAKING MAGHINE.

No. 347,372. Patented Aug. 17, 1886'.

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PATENT ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS.

BARREL-.MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,372, dated Auguzt17 1888.

Application filed February 15, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PAoKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rock Falls, in the county of Whiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBarrel-Making Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention has reference to barrel-making machines, and pertainsespecially to certain improvements in the matter of gaging ordetermining the quantity of staves to enter into each barrel or cask.

Heretofore in determining the number or extent of staves with which toconstruct a given dicated thereon in some manner the circumference ofsuch cask. The staves were laid side by side until their aggregratelateral width equaled the circumference of such cask as indicated onsuch board. As the trusshoops are made with reference to certain sizedcasks, it was and is essential that the aggregate width of the staves,as above, shall precisely equal the circumference, previouslydetermined, of the cask, no more nor no less. This made the selection ofthe last stave a tedious affair. The problem was to select from a massof staves of variant widths one having the exact width of the remaininginterval. This was often impossible to find, and two or threepreviously-placed staves would be discarded and a new interval created.Again, this was light work, and generally allotted to boys by the piece.The delay and difficulty of finding the last stave was oftena successfulrow or too wide, which would resultin aleaky or misshaped vessel. In myinvention the size of the vessel is uniformly and accurately determinedand attained by cutting or sawing, in the manner substantially ashereinafter described, the last stave longitudinally at and to the exactline which marks the circumference of the cask, and thusentirelyobviates the de- Serial No. 191,914. (No model.)

lay and trouble of seeking a stave to fit such last interval.

As my invention is designed to be attached to the machine for whichLetters Patent of the United States were allowed me for improvements inbarrel-making machines, on applica tion No. 184,350, filed November30,1885, and as the construction can be varied to suit differentcircumstances, I do not deem it essential to show or describe themachine further than to exhibit the relation and operation of myinvention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section in the deflected line as w ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial front elevation.

- A is the general frame or table of the machine, designed to affordroom for the set-up mechanism shown in my aforesaid patent.

B is a gage-board provided at its outer end with the adjustablecross-gage B, and thus rendered capable of holding staves forvariantsized casks. The staves 0 are laid on the board B, beginning nextthe gage-board B, and at the point on the frame A distant, from theinner face of the gage B, the circumference of the cask to be made, thesaw kerf or path D is formed in the board 13 or frame A as long orlonger than the longest stave, and with the same angle as the gage B.

In the kerf D a small circular saw, D, is seated on ashaft, E, thelatter being journaled on the upper ends of the vertical arms F F. Theselatter arms are pivoted at their lower ends on a horizontal pin orshaft, Gr. The saw D is thus adapted to be oscillated in the kerf D. Thelower ends of the arms F are pivoted, as aforesaid, below the middle ofthe kerf D, so that while the saw D projects the farthest through thetableA at the center of such kerf it yet extends far enough above thetable A to cut or rip the last stave C on the line of such kerf.

The saw D is driven by a belt, H, from the line or counter-shaft pulleyI, which belt H is carried under the pulley K, seated on the shaft G,and under the pulley L, seated on the arm saw-frame to the upper end ofthe arm F, and

suit-ably attached thereto by a cord, N, pass ing over the pulley N,serves to hold the saw D back out of the way when not in use. A pedal orlever, 0, attached to one of the arms F, serves as a means of drawingthe saw D through the kerfD; but the saw may be drawn forward by ahandle attached to the arms F, or in any other suitable way. I considerthe pedal 0 preferable, as its use leaves the hands of the operator freeto hold and handle the staves O.

It is obvious that the saw D might remain stationary, and the board B,moving in ways, carry the staves to the saw D. As the bevel on the sidesof the staves 0 must be retained, a ledge, a, is formed on the outsideof the kerf D, so as to hold the outer edge of the last stave 0 Slightlyupward, that the saw-cut may be oblique to the sides of such staves, andpreserve such bevel. The kerf D may be in the board B, or at the end ofthe latter.

The advantages of my invention are that the gage B being set on theboard B a distance from the kerf D equal to the circum ference of thecash desired, staves C are filled against such gage, and when the laststave extends beyond the kerf D the circumference of the cask can beobtained at once by moving the saw through the last stave C. If thepiece cut off is of any width, it can be utilized as a stave in the nextcask. Thus not only are the time, trouble, and uncertainty of finding astave of the required width to fill the last space avoided, but theprecise size wanted is obtained.

Those familiar with the worry and loss of time heretofore experienced inseeking for the last stave can appreciate the importance and value of myinvention. The gage B is required to be so adjusted to the board B thatits inner face shall converge, in common with the edges of the staves,to the same point beyond the upper margin of the board B. The last staveon the board 13 is presented to the saw D in such angle that the path ofsuch saw shall also be a line pointing to this com mon center. Thedegree of convergence varies with the diameter and flare of differentcasks.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

1. In a barrel-making machine, a curved guideway having an adjustablegage at one extremity, which way receives and supports a series ofstaves in such position with respect to the line of movement of atraveling saw that the last stave and the blade of the saw shall havethe same convergence as the edges of the staves, in combination withsuch traveling saw, whereby the series of staves may be exactly gagedfor a required size of barrel, substantially as set forth.

2. In a barrel-making machine, a curved gnideway having an adjustablegage at one extremity, which way receives and supports a series ofstaves in such position with respect to the cut of a saw that the laststave and the blade of the saw shall have the same convergence as theedges of the staves, in combination with such saw, whereby the series ofstaves may be exactly gaged for a required size of barrel, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE \V. PACK ER.

\Vitnesses:

\VALTER N. HASKELL, W. W. Knowmis.

